Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

John was shocked when he saw the warning, then he opened the strategic map and found that it was near a village in the eastern part of the forest.

"Could it be that Yoda's small-scale troops have broken in?" John thought.

At this moment, a cavalryman suddenly came to report "Urgent News from the East of the Forest" and attached the letter.

When John opened the letter, he saw that it said, "The villagers of Onion Village have been attacked. Nearby troops have been ordered to provide support."

John immediately handed the letter to Count Milo and said, "My lord, the military situation is urgent. I'm sorry I can't accompany you."

After reading the letter, Count Milo hurriedly said: "Military intelligence is of paramount importance. I hope the Governor will resolve it quickly." After that, he returned to the castle under the leadership of Jules and hid himself.

“Good guy, you are afraid of death, you don’t even offer to help me. After all, you are the commander-in-chief of the army, but you are so courageous.” John didn’t have time to complain, and quickly ordered the troops resting in the barracks to go to the battlefield.

Except for the troops on patrol combat missions, the remaining 1000 troops followed John to Onion Village.

After arriving at the place, John found that there was nothing here except a series of horse hoof prints, no blood, and no signs of fighting. Apart from this, there were no villagers left, only a few old people.

John walked up to an old man with white hair and said, "Old man, where have all the people in Onion Village gone?"

"What village?"

"Onion Village"

"What is Onion Village?"

"The people from Onion Village, where did they go?" John said quickly.

"Oh...what is it?"

"Okay, sir, take a rest."

"Sir, take care."

"Slow down," John could only continue to follow the horseshoe prints. Finally, they arrived at the mercenary camp. However, the outside of the mercenary camp was like a siege camp. The men were in front with weapons and challenging the enemy, while the women were carrying war supplies. They directly surrounded the mercenary camp. More villagers joined the battlefield with weapons, and the Midland military camp next to them was watching the fun.

John quickly grabbed a villager and asked: "What's going on?"

When the villagers saw that it was the noble master, they quickly knelt down and said, "Master, you have to take care of it for us. The mercenaries stole the children."

"Mercenaries steal children, what evidence do you have?"

"Master, please wait a moment, Vera, Vera! Come here and tell the noble master how your brother was taken away by them."

At this time, a little girl in ordinary civilian clothes walked out from the crowd. She looked to be about five or six years old. Looking at her pale face and frightened eyes, it was obvious that she was frightened.

"Little girl, don't be afraid. I am the governor here, and the lord of this land. If you have any grievances, tell me and I promise to make them pay for it." John said to Vera. He was mentally prepared that the mercenaries might do bad things, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen on the second day. It was really a lack of face for him.

When the little girl heard these words, she looked up at John and told him the whole story.

It turned out that Vera and her brother Fele were playing snowball fights outside the village when they suddenly found a group of cavalrymen running towards them. The two brothers were still a long distance away from the village and it was too late for them to run into the village.

The brother saw them getting closer and closer, and he also knew that the bandits burned, killed and looted the village. He also heard that they would sell girls to the city, so he quickly said to his sister: "Run, go back to the village quickly." After that, he turned around and blocked the cavalry's way.

When the younger sister heard this, she also ran back in a hurry. As she was running, she suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves gradually fading away. When she went back to look, she found that her brother had been captured by bandits!

So my sister ran into the village crying and told the villagers what happened. If it were ordinary villagers, they would just bear with it and let it go after seeing this, but it was different here. In many places here, the villagers were farmers recruited by the system. Because this behavior had already violated the territory, the system automatically armed them. So when the villagers saw that there were people outside who were bullying the people in our territory, they thought they didn’t want to live anymore, right? So they started taking weapons from their homes and preparing for a fight. The rest of the local villagers were instigated to follow suit. Not only did the Onion Village go by themselves, they also called on several other villages next door to go together.

The group effect is very terrifying. With such a gathering, almost all the villages in the eastern forest knew about it and rushed here collectively, and even the central part knew about it. As a result, when John arrived at the scene, the entire eastern forest was boiling. Basically, everyone rushed here with their own weapons. The entire army of villagers formed several troops based on each village. Farmers with weapons took weapons, and those who didn’t took hoes, and then took down their door panels to use as shields to resist arrows. The village dominated by mountain people prepared their own bows and arrows to provide long-range output. There were also a few horse breeders who distributed horses to the people in the village as cavalry. Some patrol troops also joined the battlefield, so there were about 1 people surrounding the camp outside, shouting that they wanted to break into the camp to save the children, but they didn’t really do it because they were afraid that the mercenary group would kill them.

When the gatekeeper of the mercenary group's camp saw so many people coming, he simply closed the camp door and didn't come out. No matter how people outside shouted and cursed, he didn't respond at all.

Inside the camp, the leaders of various mercenary groups were arguing in their tents.

"What happened?" said an old mercenary leader.

"I don't know. Anyway, it seems that the people outside are going to beat us to death," said another mercenary group leader anxiously. This was the first time he had encountered such a thing. In every other time, the mercenary group was always bullying outside. This was the first time he had encountered such a thing.

"I seem to know this. It seems that the Forest Brothers went out to do bad things. It is said that they were following the orders of Prince Balden II," another well-informed person revealed.

“So what about others?”

"Here he comes," the tent was opened and the leader of the Forest Brothers walked in.

"What's all the fuss about?" he said carelessly.

"They are just a bunch of villagers. What can they do to us? There are so many of us. Moreover, we are the heroes who supported the second prince of Barden. If we can invade Barden, we will be made nobles. Do these lowly people want to rebel?"

In order to obtain the title, the leader of the Forest Brotherhood almost emptied out all his resources this time, and recruited many people by coaxing and deceiving them, with the strength of the troops reaching 1000 people, so he was so confident.

In his opinion, the common people would be so scared that they would kneel on the ground when they saw the soldiers, not to mention that he was a quasi-noble, so he concluded that the common people would be scared and scatter when they saw him.

So he said: "If you are afraid, then we, the Forest Brotherhood, will handle it. You all should have a good rest." After that, he immediately summoned the mercenaries to fight.

So, under the gaze of the villagers, a group of troops dressed as bandits lined up outside the camp.

"Why are you making so much noise? What do you want to do in this important military camp? Are you trying to rebel?" the leader of the Forest Brotherhood shouted.

“Give us back our children”

"You beast"

……

However, what greeted him was endless abuse. When the villagers saw his attire, they knew without a word that he was not a good person, so they stopped trying to reason with him and demanded that they let him go.

When the leader of the Forest Brotherhood saw this, he was surprised. In his eyes, these were no longer ordinary untouchables, but a mob who must be dealt with severely. So he was very angry and shot an arrow at the villager in a fit of rage. From his previous experience of helping the nobles collect taxes, he knew that once the soldiers attacked, the untouchables would definitely flee in panic and finally surrender.

He had thought it through. After he finished this task, he would find a bard and ask him to write a poem about him fighting against tens of thousands of rebels alone. Maybe it could be adapted into a script in the future.

However, his arrow missed the target and hit the door panel instead. The scene suddenly fell silent, and then a bigger riot broke out. The villagers were sure this time that it was no use talking to them nicely, and they had to use heavy punches. In addition, with the previous decree by John that there would be rewards for bravery, many villagers believed that they had to protect their territory.

So what the Forest Brotherhood encountered next was not verbal abuse, but a rain of arrows from the sky. The mountain people fired arrows at the mercenary camp in units of villages, but many of them fell outside due to insufficient range. The Forest Brotherhood was in a miserable state, and was caught off guard by the rain of arrows. After they reacted, they began to raise their shields to fight back. Nearly 1 people outside began to charge forward. This group of mercenaries originally wanted to hold out by relying on the front line, but when they saw so many people, they didn't want to hold out anymore and ran into the camp. I only earn a few gold coins a month, and saving my life is the most important thing.

The leader of the Forest Brotherhood took the lead and ran to the camp gate, shouting loudly: "Open the door, or you will die!" He shouted several times before the door was opened, and then he hurried in. The rest of the mercenaries followed him into the camp, running and crawling. The few who were injured and did not react were first hit by the old farmer with a hoe, and then they were tied up and thrown aside.

The troops in the neighboring Midland camp were all dumbfounded and didn't know which side to help. If they helped the mercenaries, John, the governor, seemed to be on Midland's side. If they helped the old farmer, the mercenaries seemed to be their allies.

So this group of people decided to go all out, set up the table, took out the wine and food bought from the pub next door, and ate melons and drank while not paying any attention to anyone.

The Midland army did not care, causing the old farmers to continue attacking the camp. The mercenaries in the camp did not know what to do except to organize a defense line. They could not even ask for help now, and could only pray for the God of Light to come down to earth and let the mob leave quickly.

"I say, what on earth are you, the Forest Brotherhood, trying to do? Why are you provoking those low-lifes? Quickly let that kid go." A mercenary leader shouted. He hadn't even gotten up when he was hit in the butt by an arrow. He almost recalled the good old days when he was a serf and was whipped by noble masters.

"This bunch of low-lifes, once I find the second prince, I will immediately tear them into pieces." The leader of the Forest Brotherhood was still immersed in anger. The sudden attack just now caused him to lose one third of his troops.

At this moment, a loud voice suddenly came from outside:

"The Governor has arrived!"